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CHKIMAP(1)             DragonFly General Commands Manual            CHKIMAP(1)

NAME
     chkimap - list the number of mails in your IMAP folders

SYNOPSIS
     chkimap [-chin] [-# padding] [-p port] [username] hostname

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page documents the chkimap utility.

     This program lists the number of read and unread emails in the folders in
     your IMAP directory. You need to give the IMAP server name on the
     commandline. The program assumes that your username on the server is the
     same as local. If this is not correct, you should specify another name on
     the commandline.

     Empty mailfolders and folder names that don't start with a digit or lower
     case character will be ignored. The incoming folder is always shown last.
     This program does not change your mailfolders: inspecting them will not
     cause messages to be marked as 'old'.

OPTIONS
     -c      Also display folders when the name starts with a capital (the
             default is to ignore these folders).
     -h      Hide folders which contain only old mail (any folder with mail
             marked as new will be displayed).  Only parse the standard
             incoming mail folder.
     -n      Only show new folders, i.e. folders that actually received new
             mail since the last time you opened them.
     -p port
             Use the given portname instead of the default (usually 143).
     -# number
             Pad the last output field (total messages) to number spaces. The
             default is 4.

ARGUMENTS
     A single optional argument is accepted: this should be the name of the
     server you want to connect to. Alternatively it can be an email-style
     `user@server' notation, when you want to use another username.

BUGS
     Subdirectories will be ignored as mailfolders.

     This program does not make any distinction between new (recent) and
     unread messages. This is a feature, not a bug.

     chkimap has less options and is less flexible than chk4mail(1).

     In the unlikely event that the program doesn't behave the way it is
     supposed to, you can always contact the author. Feel free to ask me for
     new features or enhancements. Just send an email to Johan van Selst
     <johans@stack.nl>

SEE ALSO
     chk4mail(1)

chkimap                        February 1, 2004                        chkimap